PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Functional Fixedness, Problem Solving, Cognitive Abilities Test
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What are operations? how do you select these? depends on your preferences and experience/knowledge and the situation. Skills in problem solving develop over time and experience: Schemas: step-by-step scripts for selecting info experts = many effective schemas for problem solving how would a locksmith approach the problem? experience develops schemas and scripts and they help to solve specialized classes of problems. Experts: rely on general problem-solving methods use working memory vs long term large # of schemas togaed problem solving in their field. Development of expertise feature detectors (expert neutrons) in brain become quicker and stronger. Algorithm: formulas or procedures (step-by-step) that automatically generate correct solutions: e. g. mathematical and chemical formulas, sequenced routines cost: may be time consuming. Heuristic - (cid:862)rule of thu(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:863) strategists general problem-solcing strategies that we apply to certain classes of situations. What makes it possible for you to solve the problem.
